Summary:
- This report examines the records of the 13 African members of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) during 2019.
- Specifically, it assesses the commitment of African countries to international human rights and how they have voted and acted at the HRC.
- The report bases its assessment on African countries’ actions in two domains of the HRC’s work: country-specific human rights problems, and civil and political rights.
- It further shows the diversity of African positions on international human rights.